{"id":30951,"date":"2012-07-20T09:30:51","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T13:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=30951"},"modified":"2012-07-20T09:30:51","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T13:30:51","slug":"kiss-army-and-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=30951","title":{"rendered":"Kiss Army and veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kiss<\/p>\n

I’ve never been a Kiss fan, well, until now. I don’t have to listen to the music to like them, right? A couple of months ago, the band was hiring veterans<\/a> for their upcoming show and now this.<\/p>\n

Andrew Leahey at the Washington Times<\/a> reports that they held a private concert for 1600 members of the military last night;<\/p>\n

\u201cWe owe so much to the brave men and women who voluntarily put on that uniform and go to places where people don\u2019t like them,\u201d Gene Simmons explained earlier this week, several hours before he and his three band mates \u2014 Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer \u2014 paid a visit to patients at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vets that we\u2019ve met never ask for praise, glory or money,\u201d he added. \u201cThey just want to re-enter society and get a job. We do these all-vet shows to show our appreciation, because what they do for us is beyond comprehension.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe used to stop every single show in the middle,\u201d Mr. Simmons remembered, \u201cand hoist the Stars and Stripes before saying the Pledge of Allegiance, right there in the middle of the concert. Very cornball, very not cool, but I don\u2019t care. Sometimes, you gotta flush cool down the toilet and just arch your back and stand proudly, realizing that you\u2019re living in the greatest country on the face of the planet.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The whole article is worth a read, so go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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